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Michael W. L. Chee
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Neuroscience
Singapore
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
82
Citations
19640
World Ranking
1531
National Ranking
2

Michael W. L. Chee publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael W. L. Chee sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 245 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Michael W. L. Chee D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael W. L. Chee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Michael W. L. Chee is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields focusing primarily on the mechanisms, measurement, and implications of sleep and related neurological processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

The subfields covered in their work include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Physiology

The primary research topics of Michael W. L. Chee focus on aspects of sleep and brain function with specific emphasis on:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues, with significant numbers of papers appearing in:

  • SLEEP
  • Sleep Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sleep Health
  • Nature and Science of Sleep

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ju Lynn Ong
  • Ruth L F Leong
  • Juan Zhou
  • Stijn A. A. Massar
  • B.T. Thomas Yeo

Some recent papers by Michael W. L. Chee are:

  • "COVID-19-related mobility reduction: heterogenous effects on sleep and physical activity rhythms," 2020, published in SLEEP
  • "Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis," 2021, published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Time of day is associated with paradoxical reductions in global signal fluctuation and functional connectivity," 2020, published in PLoS Biology
  • "Multi-Night Validation of a Sleep Tracking Ring in Adolescents Compared with a Research Actigraph and Polysomnography," 2021, published in Nature and Science of Sleep
  • "Country differences in nocturnal sleep variability: Observations from a large-scale, long-term sleep wearable study," 2023, published in Sleep Medicine

Best Publications

  • Mandarin and English Single Word Processing Studied with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Michael W. L. Chee;Edsel W. L. Tan;Thorsten Thiel

  • Sleep deprivation elevates expectation of gains and attenuates response to losses following risky decisions

    Vinod Venkatraman;Vinod Venkatraman;Y. M. Lisa Chuah;Scott A. Huettel;Michael W. L. Chee;Michael W. L. Chee

  • Functional Imaging of Working Memory after 24 Hr of Total Sleep Deprivation

    Michael W. L. Chee;Wei Chieh Choo

  • Self-reported sleep duration and cognitive performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    June C. Lo;John A. Groeger;Grand H. Cheng;Derk-Jan Dijk

  • Cognitive Performance, Sleepiness, and Mood in Partially Sleep Deprived Adolescents: The Need for Sleep Study.

    June C. Lo;Ju Lynn Ong;Ruth L.F. Leong;Joshua J. Gooley

  • Functional Specialization and Flexibility in Human Association Cortex

    B. T. Thomas Yeo;Fenna M. Krienen;Simon B. Eickhoff;Siti N. Yaakub

  • The neural basis of interindividual variability in inhibitory efficiency after sleep deprivation.

    Y. M. Lisa Chuah;Vinod Venkatraman;David F. Dinges;Michael W. L. Chee

  • Sleep deprivation reduces default mode network connectivity and anti-correlation during rest and task performance

    Jack A. De Havas;Sarayu Parimal;Chun Siong Soon;Michael W. L. Chee

  • Relative Language Proficiency Modulates BOLD Signal Change when Bilinguals Perform Semantic Judgments

    Michael Wei-Liang Chee;Nicholas Hsueh Hsien Hon;Hwee Ling Lee;Chun Siong Soon

  • Processing of visually presented sentences in Mandarin and English studied with fMRI.

    Michael Wei-Liang Chee;David Caplan;Chun Siong Soon;Natarajan Sriram

  • Lapsing during sleep deprivation is associated with distributed changes in brain activation

    Michael W. L. Chee;Jiat Chow Tan;Hui Zheng;Sarayu Parimal

  • Auditory and visual word processing studied with fMRI

    Michael W.L. Chee;Kathleen M. O'Craven;Kathleen M. O'Craven;Ruth Bergida;Bruce R. Rosen

  • Functional imaging of working memory following normal sleep and after 24 and 35 h of sleep deprivation: Correlations of fronto-parietal activation with performance.

    Michael W.L. Chee;Lisa Y.M. Chuah;Vinod Venkatraman;Wai Yen Chan

  • Overlap and dissociation of semantic processing of Chinese characters, English words, and pictures: evidence from fMRI.

    Michael Wei-Liang Chee;Brendan Weekes;Kok Ming Lee;Chun Siong Soon

  • Functional neuroimaging insights into how sleep and sleep deprivation affect memory and cognition.

    Michael W. L. Chee;Lisa Y. M. Chuah

  • Estimates of Segregation and Overlap of Functional Connectivity Networks in the Human Cerebral Cortex

    B.T. Thomas Yeo;Fenna M. Krienen;Michael W.L. Chee;Randy L. Buckner

  • Functional connectivity during rested wakefulness predicts vulnerability to sleep deprivation.

    B.T. Thomas Yeo;Jesisca Tandi;Michael W.L. Chee

  • Neural correlates of symbolic and non-symbolic arithmetic.

    Vinod Venkatraman;Daniel Ansari;Michael W.L. Chee

  • Sleep Deprivation Biases the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Economic Preferences

    Vinod Venkatraman;Scott A. Huettel;Lisa Y. M. Chuah;John W. Payne

  • Age and culture modulate object processing and object-scene binding in the ventral visual area.

    Joshua O. Goh;Michael W. Chee;Jiat Chow Tan;Vinod Venkatraman

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua J. Gooley
Joshua J. Gooley Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Juan Zhou
Juan Zhou National University of Singapore
Stephen J. Wood
Stephen J. Wood University of Melbourne
Richard S.E. Keefe
Richard S.E. Keefe Duke University
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Denise C. Park
Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas
B.T. Thomas Yeo
B.T. Thomas Yeo National University of Singapore
Bradley P. Sutton
Bradley P. Sutton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David F. Dinges
David F. Dinges University of Pennsylvania
Angela H. Gutchess
Angela H. Gutchess Brandeis University

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